Salisbury, CL, & Copeland, CG (2013). Progress of infants/toddlers with severe disabilities: Perceived and measured change. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 33(2), 68-77. doi:10.1177/0271121412474104 Purpose and Hypotheses of the Study Salisbury and Copeland's (2013) study had a purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine child and caregiver outcomes in a diverse sample of 21 infants/toddlers with severe disabilities who received services from an urban, Part C, program in which child-focused intervention was emphasized. caregiver. Sample For this particular study, the identification of all infants and toddlers who met certain requirements. Participants would be infants and toddlers with severe disabilities and their primary caregivers. After examining which infants and toddlers met the criteria, 11 boys and 10 girls with an average age of 10.76 months participated in the study. Of this study's sample, just over half of the children received EI services in centralized settings, while the remaining 9 were served at home. The selected caregivers in this sample reflected economic, cultural/linguistic, and ethnic diversity. The study consisted of 21 caregivers. Salisbury C. & Copeland C. (2013) Methods and Procedures Salisbury C. & Copeland C. (2013) Due to the small sample size and exploratory nature of this study, a case study using a single site was designed of program. From this, three questions guided their work. Question 1 was to what extent infants/toddlers with severe disabilities showed improvement in key areas of development during interventions. Question 2 was what personal and child changes were reported by basic healthcare professionals......middle of paper......its effects might vary from culture to culture and so it would be good for me to understand them and get the help that is available. This particular study would have been great for the Chenkus and Higgs family to read as they wrestled with their son over his cardiac disability at 5 months old. In 2013, CNN, http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/30/health/disabled-transplants/, wrote a report titled “Disabled Child Denied Heart Transplant.” The family has had a hard time dealing with this issue and I think learning about this study would have been good for them. I think this would have been a good program to join so they could work together to make Maverick better. This is a study and program that needs to be talked about because I think it is very helpful and will definitely be helpful to infants/toddlers and caregivers who require assistance from the program.